Dutchman
A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
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seenandheard-international.com/2026/05/toma... Tomasz Konieczny is a very impressive Dutchman in Vienna’s shipbound Der fliegende Holländer
"Jan the Dutchman unmasked?" is the newspaper headline. Read all about it! @hobeckbooks.bsky.social, Amazon t.co/qDDMia6hng, Kindle and all good bookstores.
What’s the other vessel though that got escorted out? It seems to be as elusive as the Flying Dutchman.
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A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands.
About ten months ago a report reached my ears that a Dutchman had constructed a telescope, by the aid of which visible objects, although at a great distance from the eye of the observer, were seen distinctly as if near;
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(US) A male Pennsylvania German.
There have been at least four legendary Lost '''Dutchman's''' gold mines in the American West, including the famed Superstition mine of Jacob Waltz.
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A man of Dutch descent.
“seenandheard-international.com/2026/05/toma... Tomasz Konieczny is a very impressive Dutchman in Vienna’s shipbound Der fliegende Holländer”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"Jan the Dutchman unmasked?" is the newspaper headline. Read all about it! @hobeckbooks.bsky.social, Amazon t.co/qDDMia6hng, Kindle and all good bookstores.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What’s the other vessel though that got escorted out? It seems to be as elusive as the Flying Dutchman.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A Dutch woman; a woman from the Netherlands.
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A straightforward term for a woman from the Netherlands or of Dutch heritage, used in much the same way 'Frenchwoman' or 'Irishwoman' functions — descriptive and neutral in standard usage. In some older American contexts, particularly Pennsylvania, 'Dutch' historically referred to German-speaking settlers (Pennsylvania Dutch/Deutsch), so a Dutchwoman could also mean a woman of that community. The word carries no particular edge unless context adds one.